Difference between revisions of "Soda Machine"

Revision as of 13:03, 17 September 2010

Overview

Soda machine for the shop

Requirements

1. Working Machine
2. Vend from use of USB key, kind of like the door.
3. Ability to add money to a vending account, for use with USB key.
4. Detect amount of product left in machine. (This would be fun to show off and piratical)

Machines

1. $300
   • 5 drink
   • 1 price
   • Coin only
   • Can only
   • The manufacture is out of business,
   • Accomplishes #1 of our requirements
   • This machine
2. $450
   • 6 different drinks
   • 1 price
   • Has older dollar reader
   • Can only
   • Accomplishes #1, #2 and #3 but only for $1 bills, #4 would be easily done though sensors I think
   • I believe it is actually this machine http://rldn.net/8A8
     • It had it's drink buttons across the top, near eye level arranged 2 down by 3 across, not like that machine --Brimstone 13:39, 29 July 2010 (CDT)
3. $800 + a receipt for donation of $200
   • 9 drink
   • Multiple price
   • 10oz - 20oz
   • can or bottle
   • dollar reader
   • DEX control (meaning easily do all of our requirements)

Thoughts

Machine #2 would be good for us. We would need to do some hacking on it, like adding sensors to detect when a can is vended, possibly a new bill validator that takes higher bills. Machines 1 and 2 are big, ugly, but cheap. Machine 3 is only about 5 years old already has the sensors and everything in it for meeting our requirements, but costs twice as much.

Donations

• $800 Machine
  • Kinsey - $200
  • Mog - $150
  • Matt - $50
  • Justin - $50
  • Tim - $50
  • Nathan - $50
  • Jeff - $50

Total: $600